FCC Commissioners Spar on Privacy

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Broadband privacy sparked the latest Federal Communications Commission dustup. At issue was an FCC order making it clear the 2016 broadband privacy regulations are gone from the agency rule book, as required by a congressional resolution of disapproval back in March. FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn used her partial dissent as an opportunity to argue the Republican majority is willing to leave broadband customers without privacy protections. FCC Chairman Pai took issue with that, saying he brought the “ministerial” item to a vote at her request, but she offered no suggested changes. “I am therefore perplexed by her decision to dissent in part,” Chairman Pai said. “When a commissioner does not share her concerns about an item until after she casts her vote, it makes it difficult to work together to find common ground.”


FCC Commissioners Spar on Privacy